Friday Feature: @Sooz

For this week's Friday Feature we are traveling North out of the United States to Canada, where national health care is free and talent is nothing short of abundant.

This particular Proser is an illustrator, graphic design artist, and a social media spitfire.

Susan Wright Boucher, known here as "@Sooz," started out on the east coast of Canada and, through a series of corporate relocations, ended up on the west coast in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia.

"About a year ago I left the 60+ hour corporate work week and now work part-time from home doing employer branding, copywriting and social media management."

Her short story entitled, "Boy Named Sue," appeared in Volume I of The Prose Anthologies, #Death. For more information, and to download the publication, please search "The Prose Anthologies" on Amazon.com.

She was also recently accepted into the Prose Partner Program.

P: What is your relationship with writing and how has it evolved?

S: Writing and language have always fascinated me. For many years the only writing I did was for business. It was getting kind of stale for me until I started writing on Prose. The creative writing challenges have sparked my imagination and rekindled my enthusiasm.

P: Briefly discuss the value that reading adds to both your personal and professional life.

S: I grew up in a home where books were central. Mom and Dad used them for DIY projects and the coffee table always held an interesting assortment of library books for anyone who cared to hunker down for a read. Later on, being an avid business book reader contributed to my career success.

These days I'm making my way through as much colourful fiction as I can get my hands on. I particularly enjoy L. Frank Baum, the author of the Wizard of Oz series (did you know he wrote 14 full-length Oz books?) and Lewis Carroll.

I also adore reading blogs. They give you an unprecedented view of the writer as they're frequently published without professional editing. I do 99% of my reading online (we've run out of room for bookshelves!) but one printed book I'd like to own is Stephen King's "On Writing."

P: How would you describe your current literary ventures and what can we look forward to in future posts?

S: Right now I'm playing with some fiction plots I'd like to write and illustrate. Nothing concrete.

P: What does Prose. mean to you?

S: I appreciate Prose. as a tool but it's really the community that keeps me coming back for more. I'm amazed at what Prosers do with words.

I love the gutsy sharing style of Jeff Stewart [@MetalSymphony], @MiGGiE can grind out a story like no one else, and @Yowwa is absolutely endearing (I have become addicted to the selfies that often accompany his stories).

There are so many other great writers I haven't mentioned...

Another great feature of Prose. is being able to flit from one genre or writing style to another.

Once you're established on a blog or business site, your readers expect a certain homogeneous quality. For example, if I were to start publishing fiction on my blog, I'd lose readers.

Prose. is the perfect place to have fun while exploring other styles.

P: Where else can we find you and your writing?

S: I've been blogging on Plugged In since 2009 and occasionally you'll see me pop up on recruitment and human resources sites. [One of] my latest LinkedIn posts is about writer's block which might be of interest to Prose. readers.

In the aforementioned LinkedIn article, @Sooz refers to Prose as "the best place I've ever found to write and read other authors' work." You can read it in its entirety by copying and pasting the following link into your web browser:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/writers-block-app-susan-wright-boucher

Be sure to follow @Sooz here, on Instagram and Twitter @SWrightBoucher. To learn more about her "Plugged In" blog, please visit https://swrightboucher.wordpress.com/about/ and follow @PluggedInBlog on Twitter.

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